古装短剧 Short Dramas
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Marrying into the Eastern Palace to Seize the World - Episode 1
31 episodes · Gu Changqing, a concubine's daughter of the Gu family, was mistreated by her stepmother Lady Guo since childhood, and her birth mother was framed to death by Guo. She endured for ten years to plan revenge. Taking advantage of her father Gu Hongli's birthday, she married into the Eastern Palace as a side consort in place of her sister. In the palace, she maneuvered among Crown Prince Xiao Heng, Crown Princess Gu Shuanghua, and side consort Zhao Mingzhu. Finally, she exposed the crimes of Gu Hongli and his wife, avenged her mother, punished Gu Wan'er, then became empress after Xiao Heng ascended the throne, carefully caring for Gu Shuanghua's son, and finally found peace.
View detailsPrince of Zhenbei - Episode 1
100 episodes · In ancient Chu, Chu Tianjiao, son of the Prince of Zhenbei, suffers due to family power struggles. His father is framed, family honor at risk. Just as he falls into despair, a modern man time-travels and possesses him. With modern knowledge, he decides to help Chu Tianjiao reclaim everything.
View detailsPhoenix's Rest: Episode 1
60 episodes · Gu Mengyao, originally the daughter of the Right Chancellor Gu Yunyin, grew up pampered but blindly fell in love with the Fourth Prince Lin Yi. Lin Yi promised that if Gu Mengyao helped him ascend the throne, he would marry her as his wife. Gu Mengyao believed him, but after successfully helping him gain power, she was betrayed by Lin Yi, and the Gu family was wiped out overnight.
View detailsReturn from Nirvana - Episode 1
43 episodes · Yun Tang, a female general of the Great Chu, dies tragically at Weiyang Lake. Thirteen years later, she returns in the body of Meng Jin, an abandoned daughter of a marquis. She crashes a coming-of-age ceremony with a bandit's head, enters the palace as a 'replacement' to toy with the unfaithful emperor Shen Chong. Through a series of murders, she kills a traitor friend, a poisonous consort, and an enchanting empress, angers Shen Chong to death, and supports a Yun family descendant to the throne. After her grievances are redressed, her soul returns to a mass grave.
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31 episodes · Modern forensic doctor Jiang Yiyi transmigrates into a concubine to be buried alive. Using her skills, she exposes a fake death plot. To avoid poison, she has sex with Emperor Su Cangmo and escapes. She gives birth to a son and works as a male coroner. Five years later, she meets the emperor incognito, and they rekindle love while solving palace intrigues.
View detailsReborn, Not to Meet Old Love Episode 1
30 episodes · Jiang Zhenyue returns to the spring hunt that changed her fate. She decisively breaks her hand, actively pushes away her ill-fated relationship with Chu Jince, and transfers her assets to avoid the capital's conflicts. On the way back to her hometown, she makes a fake marriage pact with Zhou Changxu, who is obsessed with mechanisms. They gradually develop feelings, avoid the chaos of war, manage a stable life, and eventually have twins, achieving a peaceful and fulfilling life.
View detailsThe Substitute Princess Breaks Fate
35 episodes · Lin Zhiyuan, a cannon fodder in a story, is forced to marry Prince Regent Lu Chengyu. She suffers neglect and false accusations, and after a heartbreak and flogging, she divorces and heads south. Lu later regrets and tries to win her back but fails. Lin eventually runs an embroidery workshop and finds true love, while Lu guards the border to atone, and Lu Chinian establishes a girls' school.
View detailsOrder of the Desolate God Episode 1
60 episodes · Chen Ping'an bears blood feud for his family. He endures, becomes a servant at the Su family to repay kindness, but is poisoned and has his spiritual root taken by the Su father and daughter. At death's door, he awakens the ancestral Desolate God's Command, defies fate, gains immense power. He tears enemies apart, retrieves his root, saves Xiao Yurou, and together they fight the Qingxuan Sect. With supreme treasures, he counterattacks, masters the immortal path, and controls destiny.
View detailsThe Slacker Consort's Promotion Story
57 episodes · Modern slacker Jiang Yiyao enters the palace and is accidentally made a low-ranking consort because the emperor misheard her. She wants to slack off, but a charcoal shortage forces her to temporarily compete for favor. After a snow dance, she catches the emperor's attention with her quirky personality, gets promoted twice, and solves the heating problem.
View detailsDragon Bead's Heart Voice - Ep 1 (Original)
22 episodes · I discover I'm pregnant with a dragon child and can hear its thoughts. It tricks me into believing my grandfather is biased and will force my aunt into the palace, so I cut off contact with my family, leading to their massacre. It then persuades me to disrupt a battle, causing me to be deposed and imprisoned. I endure until the emperor crowns a new empress. I protest and am beaten to death. In my dying breath, I hear it laugh. When I open my eyes, I'm back at the moment I learned of my pregnancy.
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25 episodes · An imperial marriage decree ties Prince of Zhenbei Nie Hanshan with Minister's daughter Xu Ruxiao. From palace probing to northern frontier fighting, they love and misunderstand each other amidst schemes and wounds, ultimately choosing between true feelings and regrets.
View detailsCommoner's Empire Episode 1
80 episodes · Zhang Qing, a traditional Chinese medicine student, time-travels to become an ancient rogue. He is set up to commit adultery with widow Pei Mingzhu, but saves her and her daughter. Using his medical skills, he pays off debts and earns from medicinal tea. Then he quells bandits, eliminates corrupt officials, becomes county magistrate, and implements good governance. He rescues the emperor, suppresses rebellion, but refuses power, returning to practice medicine with Pei Mingzhu and her daughter.
View detailsKiln Fire Burns the Heart - Ep 1
47 episodes · Princess Zhaohua of the Da Ye dynasty, gifted with the ability to communicate with objects, hears a vase crying on the eve of her wedding. She discovers her fiancé Shen Qingzhou and Liu Ruofu in an illicit tryst inside the vase. Ignoring all warnings, she seals the kiln and burns them alive. Shen and Liu vanish, rumors spread, but the truth is covered up by the royal family. The vase is named 'Alarm Bell' and placed in the princess's residence. After this incident, Zhaohua cuts off her feelings, loses her psychic ability, and takes control of her own destiny.
View detailsA Thought of Romance, Half a Lifetime Searching for You - Episode 1
55 episodes · Maidservant Zhaoshui is ordered to attend and teach young master Shen Ying'an. They develop feelings. She becomes pregnant but misunderstands she's just a plaything, leaves heartbroken, raises daughter alone. Three years later they reunite, Shen clears misunderstandings, clears her family's injustice, marries her as wife. They resolve family grievances and live happily ever after.
View detailsAbandoned Daughter Burns the Heavens - Episode 1
63 episodes · Ye Liuying has her phoenix bone ripped out by her legitimate sister and is thrown into a beast pit by her father. Near death, she forms a blood contract with a burnt, bald bird. Using the power of a divine beast, she is reborn and embarks on a bloody revenge, tearing apart enemies and humiliating the crown prince. She uncovers a shocking conspiracy between the royal family and the divine realm. Her contracted beast's true identity remains mysterious, her mother's soul is imprisoned. She slays gods and demons on her path, but at the peak, she encounters a dimensional manipulator, and her future is uncertain.
View detailsWan Ning Episode 1
55 episodes · Su Wanning was devoted to Prince Duan Xiao Yan in her past life, but discovered on the Bridge of Helplessness that he had waited for his first love for ten years and endured her all along. Heartbroken, she reincarnates to age fifteen at the moment of breaking off the engagement. This time, she decisively refuses the scumbag and heads to the northwest to live as she pleases. The King of Qin, who has silently protected her for years, helps her pursue her career and stay true to herself. Ultimately, Wanning turns the tables and cuts off her past.
View detailsThe Tale of Kunning: Episode 1
59 episodes · Shen Ning's mother is a time-traveling woman who divorced due to her husband's betrayal. Shen Ning inherits beauty and ambition, marrying into the Rong'an Prince's mansion. She once risked her pregnancy to rush to Suzhou to save her husband, earning a brief moment of affection. But during childbirth, her husband betrays her and his mistress arrives with a child, shattering their love. She withdraws her true heart, uses sterilization medicine to cut off his line, and maneuvers through imperial power struggles step by step, rising steadily from princess to empress. After the emperor's death, she begins her own era.
View detailsMy Father Dotes on the Harem - Ep 1
49 episodes · To secure favor, the Imperial Consort forcibly takes my mother into the palace, leading to my mother's tragic death. My father, seeking justice, uses his mermaid traits to transform into a stunning woman and brings me into the palace. We plot step by step, uncover the cause of my mother's death, and cause the killers to turn on each other. After they destroy one another, we avenge our family and leave the palace.
View detailsGreat-Grandfather, Peerless Elegance - Ep 1
40 episodes · Young girl A Rao's parents were killed by Princess Song Zhaohua. She sells herself into the palace to seek revenge and meets a mysterious man, Qingyang, who turns out to be her great-grandfather, also carrying blood vengeance. The two join forces, first eliminating the villains, then sowing discord between the princess and officials, ultimately causing the princess to lose power and exacting revenge. After avenging their families, they leave together.
View detailsMountain God, Please Spare Me
52 episodes · Shen Luan is tricked by her father and sister into a lottery 'marriage' to a man-eating mountain god in exchange for her sister's wealth. In despair, she enters the deep mountains but meets the mountain god Lu Yuan—actually the fawn she rescued seven years ago. He protects her, vows to heal her wounds. After three days, he accompanies her home, determined to make the Shen family pay. Their bond deepens amidst revenge and protection.
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